6 Tips To Recover From An Eating Disorder

I got out of bulimia, and so can you

This is a tough story to write.

One year ago, I wouldn’t even have considered doing such a thing.

Because it means admitting years of weakness, insecurities, and “lack of self-control”; years of tears and pain when sitting on random toilets’ floor with vomit on my face; years of lying and thinking about food at any moment, in any place, with anyone; years of that little voice that randomly forced me to go purge myself; years of that vicious circle I thought I would never break free from.

But here I am today, exposing myself on the Internet, with anyone really being able to read about what used to be the most shameful and hidden part of myself.

That means two things:

• First, that I’m far enough in my recovery journey to be able to speak freely about my eating disorder — which is an enormous step.
• Then, that potentially helping other persons suffering from an eating disorder is more important than other people’s opinions.

There is no miracle cure to eating disorders — and in no way am I assuming that my “tips” will universally work for the estimated 9% of the population worldwide that is affected by one of them.